Bag-frame registering and handle connection



H. TUECKMANTEL BAGYFRAXE REGISTERING AND HANDLE CONNECTION 4 Filed April5, 1925 IN V EN TOR A TTORNE Y Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

YUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO TUECKMANTEL, OF NENARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE T. 8c L. CO.INC.,

i OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FRAME REGISTERING AND HANDLE CONNECTION.

Application filed April 5,

To all eli/tom t may concern.' f Beitknown that I, HUGO TUECKMANTEL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essexand State of N ew Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements inBag-Frame Registering and Handle Connections, of which the following isa specification. j This invention relates to improvements iii bag handleconnections with special refeience to bags of the type used intraveling, in which a pair of liingedly united frames control the bagopening and by which the Vbag is carried. l Y

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a raised bracket,`having a pivotally carried loop or ring to which the handle isattached, witha plate member disposed on the upper side of the frame'and having a forwardly extending keeper element extending over the edgeof the frame to engage its `lower surface, which, in connection withprongs integral with the brackets, afford unusually secure engagingmeans.

Another purpose is to provide means in tl'ie'bracket adapted to receive,guide and 1, effectively maintain a lug or keeper secured to theopposite frame member iii-such manner as to compel registration, avoiddistortion, relative lateralinovement or separation Y of the framemembers except by direct outward movement.

YA further aim is iii the provision of a strong, neat appearing handleconnection of "simple construction, readily inade from sheet metal ofsuitable thickness by ordinary press operations.

These various objects are attained by the novel design and constructionof parts hereinafter described in detail and shown in the drawing heretoannexed, and in which VFigure 1 is a perspective view showing fragmentsof a conventional type of bag and anembodiment of the invention appliedthereto. Y

Figure 2 is a greatly `enlarged transverse sectional view of thestructure taken in a central plane.

kFigure 3 is a bottom plan view of the upper or bracket casing elementin detail.

The numerals 10 and 11 are used throughout the-views to designate therespective side walls of the bag, the material of which is stitched tocoverings 12 and 13 completely enveloping the angular frame nieinbei's1-1 1923. Serial No. 629,999.

and 15, this construction being that of usual manufacture.

A hollow oblong rect-angular casing, having rounded corners andpreferabl f made of sheet metal, is formed with a top plate 16, havinguniformly flanged end and side edges 17 and 1S, one of these side edgescontaining a shallow recess 19 opening downwardly.

A prong 20 extends centrally downward from each end wall 17 as shown bythe broken lines iii Fig. 2, adapted to pass through the horizontalelement of the frame member 1st and be bent thereunder, thus rigidlysecuring the casing to the frame.

Centrally between the ends of the top plate 1G the material is shapedupwardly to forni an ornainentally curved tansverse ridge 21, open atits ends, as at 22, to pivotally receive and retain the inwardly bent,registering ends of a i'iiig oi loop 23 engaging the bag handle 24.

Intermediate the lower edges of the walls 17 and 18, and the top of thebag frame is interposed a base plate 25, the saine extending marginallytlierebeyond as shown, and formed on the front edge of the plate, belowthe recess 19 is an extension 26 bent to tightly engage over the edge ofthe bag frame, its re-entrantly turned portion Q7 being folded ,firmlyagainst the underside of the frame.

lt will be understood that appropriate openings are made in the plate 25to perinit passage therethrough of the prongs 2() and that the plate isthus held in rigid relation with the casing, securely on the frame.

Firnily secured to the other ixienibcr l of the bag frame, by rivets orother fastening means, is the vertical element 28 of a keeper 29, thesaine passing through the upper horizontal portion of the frame meinberto a spaced distance tliei'eabove corresponding to the combinedthickness of the opposite frame element, as covered by the plateextension, the franie member passing below the element 27 and theforwardly extending keeper element 9.9 entering the recess 19, over theplate The forward or entering` end of the keeper 9.9 is rounded toreadily enter the recess and its main portion is proportioned as toneatly tit the saine, so that when in engagement the frame nieiubers areprevented from relative movement in any direction whatever, laterallyVor vertically, but can be separated by drawing apart by a directstraight pull outwardly. Y

This simple but effective device avoids sagging of one trame memberrelative to the other, compels registration prevents distortion andobviously prolongs the usefulness of the bag beyond the ordinary period.

Although the foregoing is descriptive of the preferred embodiment of theinvention, itwill be apparent that'minor changes may be made in itsconstruction, without thevex- ,ercise of invention or conflicting withthe scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bag handle connection comprising a recessed casing vtizredlyengaged on one member of the bag frame, integral means for pivot-allyconnecting a handle ring therewith, a base plate below said casing, anextension on said plateireuching over the edge and below the frame and ameans adapted to rictionally engage the recess in said casing forholding the trame members oi said bag in register.

2. A bag handle connection comprising a recessed casing having a raisedtransverse ridge open at its ends, a handle carried ring pivotallymounted in said ridge, a base plate extending marginally beyond saidcasing,

prongs integral with the ends of said cas-V ing passing through saidbase plate and bag frame on which it is mounted, said prongs upon beingbent acting to prevent separation, an extension on said plate bentreentrantly to entold the edge of the bag frame and a means on one ofthe frame members of said bag adapted to frictionally engage the recessin*V saidcasing for holding the frame members of said bag in register.

3. A. bag handle connection comprising" a casing having a recess in itsfront. wall, a transverseridge on said casing, a ring pivot ally engagedin said ridge, said ring being attached to a handle, a base plate belowthe casing, means integral with said casing and passing through saidplate by which the casing is rigidly held to one of the bag trainemembers, an element on said. base plate eX- tending around the edge andunder the frame vin front of the mentioned recess, and a keeper barfixed to the other frame member suited to enter the recess when the bagis closed maintaining the frame members in register.

4L. A bag handle connection comprising a casing having a recess in itsfront wall, a transverse ridge on said casing, a ring pivot ally engagedin said rdge,said ring being attached to a handle, a base plate belowthe casing, means integral with said casing and passing through saidplate by which the casi ing is rigidly held to one of the bagirame Ymembers, a clamp element-formed with said plate engaging said framebelow the mentioned recess, anda keeperbar having-a part extending fromthe other bag frame member to engage over said clamp element in thementioned recess, said keeper having` a rounded Jforward end and ittedto ll the recess.

rlhis Vspeciiication signed and witnessed this 3rd day of April, 1923.

HUGO TUECKMANTEL.

Witnesses I FRnDn C. FISCHER, FERDINAND NOLL.

